Govt mulls establishment of sentencing council
Legal and Institutional Reform Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said says the government is currently considering the establishment of a council to review all criminal sentencing in Malaysia. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 11, 2023.
She said the division was also studying ways to overhaul the Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act 1954. Addressing overcrowding in prisons was a human rights priority for the Madani government, given the detrimental risks faced by inmates due to poor living conditions, Azalina said. “The existing Malaysian laws on drugs were made in the 1950s. At this juncture, the discretion of the judiciary is especially important in addressing drug traffickers separately from drug abusers, and for the latter, a case-by-case treatment such as whether the individual is a first-time user, etc.
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